Docket No.: 43890-646 PATENT
IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
in re Application of
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Hiroyuki KITA, et al.
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APPLICANT
Hiroyuki KITA, et al.
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JP 03-98478 (=JP Patent
No. 2814607)
04/24/1991
NEC CORP
Japanese (w/
English Abstract)
OTHER ART (Including Author, Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, Etc.)
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Include name of the author (in CAPITAL LETTERS), title of the article (when appropriate), title of the item (book, magazine,
journal, serial, symposium, catalog, etc.), date, page(s), volume-issue number(s), publisher, city and/or country where
published.
1. Kanno et al., "PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF C-AXIS ORIENTED Pb(Zr,TI)03 THIN FILMS", pp.1378-1380. Appl.
Phys. Lett. 70(11), March 17, 1997
Yukihiro UEMATSU, "SWITCHING TO SUPER-HIGH TPI AND PIGGY-BACK ACTUATOR", pp.4-7, IDEMA Japan News
No. 32 with partial translation
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